Aga Khan University Receives Ksh.16 Million for Cervical Cancer in Kenya

The Aga Khan University (AKU) has been awarded a Ksh.19.6 million research grant by the National Institutes of Health to perform clinical testing of a low-cost, handheld 3D medical imaging device for detecting cervical cancer in Kenya. The grant is part of a two-year Ksh.261 million grant funded by the National Cancer Institute (NCI). It will be used to complete research and development and conduct clinical testing of the device at AKU in Kenya. Other institutions which will benefit from the grant are the University of Science and Technology in Malawi and at Virginia Tech [VT] Carilion School of Medicine in the United States. “Our goal is to play a role in the early detection, diagnosis, and treatment of cervical cancer patients which will help combat this preventable disease,” said Dr Elkanah Omenge, Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, AKU Medical College, East Africa and Co-Principal Investigator in the grant.